Last weekend, we went up to the Purcell Mountains in BC to do an overnight hike and some sightseeing. I’ve been wanting to go up to this area for years, but have not been able to build up the stamina to do so until now. By stamina, I don’t mean about the actual hike itself. …
This is a scheduled blog post. I’m supposed to be out this weekend, exploring the Purcell mountains and the Okanagan with my family, so if a bear hasn’t eaten me or something yet, I should have turned 30 by now. 30 is a crazy number for me. I dealt with a lot of depression in …
In case you haven’t figured it out by now, my blog mixes my introverted, writer-lifestyle with my thirst for adventures and exploration. In my mind, these two interests do not meld as easily. Most days, I feel like Bilbo Baggins… “Sorry! I don’t want any adventures, thank you. Not Today. Good morning! But please come to …
My happy-go-lucky, adventurous spirit is a facade. Not even seven years ago, I was this ball of anxiety and fear. There was so much I wanted to do, but also so much holding me back from really even trying to go for them. Going to the great outdoors, for example, frightened the heck out of …
I love exploring. I’m not picky on what, either; when my husband and I were kids, we explored the alleys and streets in East Vancouver, taking a different route home each time. Sometimes we would pick a random place to go to and walk there. And of course, we did a lot of hiking in …
